Styrofoam and others. Be honest. Take a look at Nigel's photo above, which is a good reproduction of the rule book photo. Ask yourself, did you know how far down the back the pinning area goes? If the tips of the scapula are in contact with the mat its a fall. Those tips are about 1/2 the way down the back. In the rules book it shows the area stops about where the arm holes of the single are cut. So if a kid is balled up in a cradle, with his shoulders off the mat, he can easily be pinned if his scapula tips are touching the mat. But when this gets called, some jump up and start yelling "his shoulders weren't even on the mat!" Of course, they don't know the rule--the shoulders are irrelevant in that situation. Now, if the lower back was on the mat, that's not a fall, so what happened at Ottawa who knows, but my guess is that if you have film and review it (you can always post it on YouTube for us to see) you might see it differently now. I venture to guess that most non-officials don't realize how big the pinning area is as well as a fair number of officials to boot.
So weigh in here fans and zebras, did you know????
